RkyMtnHigh 0 #26 July 19, 2005 I think I'm still a lowtimer...however I DO have fun when I can tell someone a simple tip to make a sit a lil easier and when they land they say "holy shit! that lil tip you gave me on the plane made all the difference in me holding my sit..i'm not corking anymore" ...now THAT is kuhl for me. I love love love to teach and have the feedback that my technique is working. Otherwise, I love to jump with everyone regardless of discipline and jumps #s...I can hang with the Big Guys too...which makes me "up" my game I love this sportMy other half on the other hand is AWESOME at "teaching"...he's a natural of making the most complex seems so simple and natural. I teach with lil scenarios on the ground but mostly in the air by monkey see monkey do, but he's better at scenarios of what to expect once you're up there in action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RevJim 0 #27 July 19, 2005 Anyone who refuses to update their jump numbers in the profile section of this website. You see, there is a method to my madness! If I forever stay at 2 jumps, I remain forever young! Therefore, I AM IMMORTAL!!! BOW BEFORE ME, HUMANS!!! It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #28 July 19, 2005 I would have to say there are 2 categories. Low timers as in Beginners, less than 200 is good. Low timer in a very general sense. Less than 1000. It just seems to me that no one will REALLY take you very seriously in this sport until you pass AT LEAST the 1000 mark. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chaoskitty 0 #29 July 19, 2005 QuoteQuoteAnyone who has an avatar of themselves freeflying. Oh... SMILE!! That was just me being silly to Chris. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kimblair13 0 #30 July 19, 2005 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ccowden 0 #31 July 19, 2005 You? Silly? ....... Never! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites crutch 0 #32 July 19, 2005 I didn't vote because this is way too general of a poll to consider what a "low timer" is. I think of myself as a low timer everytime i put my wingsuit on. There are plenty of birdmen/women who fly cicrles around me, so in that sense I am a low timer. I also know plenty of "experienced" skydivers (1000+ jumps) who have lots of trouble closing in on an 8-way. Trying to put this alll in perspective, listen and learn, lots of people with 100 jumps or so have taught me lots of things. Not listening, no matter how experienced you are, is doing yourself a diservice for a chance to learn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ccowden 0 #33 July 19, 2005 Dude, I think you read WAY too much into this poll! I agree with what you are saying, but this poll was SUPPOSED to be really general based on another thread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites crutch 0 #34 July 19, 2005 Low timers.....guy with 500 jumps, just about takes out a plane and our building, then wants to talk to someone about canopy control.....in my opinion, he is the low timer with no advice to give. I just hate sterotypes, hell there are a lot of freeflyers with 200 jumps who fly cicrles around me, I ask them to teach me something! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Shark 0 #35 July 19, 2005 QuoteI just hate sterotypes, hell there are a lot of freeflyers with 200 jumps who fly cicrles around me, I ask them to teach me something! I concur. In SoCal we have the tube thingy and people with low jump numbers can frequent that thing more than the real thing. We did a 6 way comp and had 2 girls with low jump numbers; one had less than 150 and the other less than 250. We placed 3rd out of 7 teams. I'm the low-timer on staff since we have 4 guys with over 10,000 each, a few over 6,000, while the average is close to 2,500. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites grue 1 #36 July 19, 2005 No matter how you slice it... <--- that guy is a low timer.cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites peregrinerose 0 #37 July 20, 2005 I hope that I always feel that I'm a low timer, always get just a bit nervous on the way to altitude. To admit to being a low timer means being open to learning as much as possible to everyone else, and there are so many subspecialties in skydiving that probably every jumper is a low timer in some facet of it. The day I stop feeling like a low timer or fail to get just a little bit nervous is the day I quit jumping since being cocky or over-confident is a good way to get hurt. Jen Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 2 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
RevJim 0 #27 July 19, 2005 Anyone who refuses to update their jump numbers in the profile section of this website. You see, there is a method to my madness! If I forever stay at 2 jumps, I remain forever young! Therefore, I AM IMMORTAL!!! BOW BEFORE ME, HUMANS!!! It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #28 July 19, 2005 I would have to say there are 2 categories. Low timers as in Beginners, less than 200 is good. Low timer in a very general sense. Less than 1000. It just seems to me that no one will REALLY take you very seriously in this sport until you pass AT LEAST the 1000 mark. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaoskitty 0 #29 July 19, 2005 QuoteQuoteAnyone who has an avatar of themselves freeflying. Oh... SMILE!! That was just me being silly to Chris. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #31 July 19, 2005 You? Silly? ....... Never! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crutch 0 #32 July 19, 2005 I didn't vote because this is way too general of a poll to consider what a "low timer" is. I think of myself as a low timer everytime i put my wingsuit on. There are plenty of birdmen/women who fly cicrles around me, so in that sense I am a low timer. I also know plenty of "experienced" skydivers (1000+ jumps) who have lots of trouble closing in on an 8-way. Trying to put this alll in perspective, listen and learn, lots of people with 100 jumps or so have taught me lots of things. Not listening, no matter how experienced you are, is doing yourself a diservice for a chance to learn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #33 July 19, 2005 Dude, I think you read WAY too much into this poll! I agree with what you are saying, but this poll was SUPPOSED to be really general based on another thread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crutch 0 #34 July 19, 2005 Low timers.....guy with 500 jumps, just about takes out a plane and our building, then wants to talk to someone about canopy control.....in my opinion, he is the low timer with no advice to give. I just hate sterotypes, hell there are a lot of freeflyers with 200 jumps who fly cicrles around me, I ask them to teach me something! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #35 July 19, 2005 QuoteI just hate sterotypes, hell there are a lot of freeflyers with 200 jumps who fly cicrles around me, I ask them to teach me something! I concur. In SoCal we have the tube thingy and people with low jump numbers can frequent that thing more than the real thing. We did a 6 way comp and had 2 girls with low jump numbers; one had less than 150 and the other less than 250. We placed 3rd out of 7 teams. I'm the low-timer on staff since we have 4 guys with over 10,000 each, a few over 6,000, while the average is close to 2,500. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #36 July 19, 2005 No matter how you slice it... <--- that guy is a low timer.cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peregrinerose 0 #37 July 20, 2005 I hope that I always feel that I'm a low timer, always get just a bit nervous on the way to altitude. To admit to being a low timer means being open to learning as much as possible to everyone else, and there are so many subspecialties in skydiving that probably every jumper is a low timer in some facet of it. The day I stop feeling like a low timer or fail to get just a little bit nervous is the day I quit jumping since being cocky or over-confident is a good way to get hurt. Jen Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
